LitStack Recs

The Alcove Chapbook Series Prize released its first chapbooks from WTAW Press The Rise Of …

Pictures by David Hockney, published in 1979, was intended as a catalog of Hockney’s work …

Brisk, witty, and always surprising. Expect the unexpected. In their Substack columns, these acclaimed authors …

Find The Perfect Summer Reading! Cozy Up To Your Summer Reading Summer is a great …

For this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, …

For this LitStack Rec of “Body Work,” we unpack the hidden parts of memoir. Lauren …

For this LitStack Rec, we are celebrating Short Story Month by singing the praises of …

For this LitStack Rec, we’re revisiting James Tate Hill’s engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man’s …

These novels, story collections, and works of nonfiction by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors …

This LitStack Rec not only examines character building but also some of the challenging aspects …

This LitStack Rec celebrates April’s National Poetry Month and Arab American Heritage Month by recommending …

Our Litstack Rec Of The Hero Of This Book “Your family is the first novel …

This LitStack Rec is perfect for you to revisit or get to know Cumming’s 2014 …

A Story Deepened by a Poetic Sensibility Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly …

LinesmanS. K. Dunstall*Ace BooksRelease Date:  June 30, 2015ISBN 978-0-425-27952-6 The Best Books are Timeless. Is …

The right song, at the right time, with the right person. The Essence of Daisy …

Taste: My Life Through Food, a memoir “Cook. Smell. Taste. Eat. Drink. Share. Repeat as …

Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, recipient of the Costa Award, is an affecting …

The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love …

Nights, by Joan Didion Blue Nights is a counterpart to Didion’s 2005 memoir, The Year …

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo’s powerful novel of the life of …

Whereabouts, a novel, by Jhumpa Lahiri This melancholy and stylish novel, Jhumpa Lahiri’s third, marks …

The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is how …

Spare, by Prince Harry The phenomenon known as Spare is barely a week old, but …

The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Of Charles D’Ambrosio and his 2006 story …

Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I …

In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of …

Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, a rec for #BannedBooksWeek This classic novel, number …

Called “a dark jewel of a book,” by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011 …

For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that …

The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, …

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: …

The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …

The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …

Two Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut …

The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …

The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish …

Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel, …

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes …

The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go …

A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of …

Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball …

my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue, …

Without: Poems, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of …

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, A Novel by Ocean Vuong “One does not ‘pass’ in …